In 17 years, the leader of a friend from Baodao daughter, a 16-year-old high school student, came to Xi'an to play, the leader sent Yuan Kitten to take her around to eat and eat, and as a result, a bowl of steamed buns became a lifelong death...
In those two days, Yuan Xiao cat took her to the big and small wild goose pagodas, the city wall, the forest of steles, the Muslim Street... She praised Xi'an's strong culture, and we sat under the national locust of the Small Wild Goose Pagoda for thousands of years.
In the evening, Yuan Kitten specially took her to eat Xi'an's famous gourd head steamed bun. And then, and then... She was only interested in breaking steamed buns, and reluctantly ate them once and then never ate them again. Yuan Xiao cat was also embarrassed, and finally had to take her out to eat Sichuan cuisine.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="2" what exactly is the misunderstood "gourd head" >? </h1>
Many outsiders only know what Xi'an's lamb steamed buns look like, but some of them are unheard of for Xi'an's gourd head steamed buns, or have heard of them, but do not know much, or have half-understood.
The history of hulutou is very long, dating back to the Tang Dynasty. According to legend, during the reign of Emperor Gaozong of Tang, a Hu mou opened a "miscellaneous lamb shop" on Suzaku Avenue, specializing in pig offal. One day, the medicine saint Sun Simiao passed by, entered the store and ate a bowl of "fried white intestines", and felt that the intestines were fishy and greasy. After talking to the shopkeeper, I felt that the production method was inappropriate (sure enough, the medicine and food are of the same origin!). ), immediately opened a square for the shopkeeper to eight treasure soup (eight spices).
After Hu got the house, he did it again, and sure enough, the intestines were fat but not fishy, the soup was oily but not greasy, the taste was very delicious, and the business was good from then on. In order to thank the help of the medicine saint, Hu Mou announced a medicine gourd as a memorial on the store sign, and named the food sold "gourd head" There is also a saying that refers to a section where the pig's large intestine and the pig's belly are connected, full of fat, and the shape is very similar to a gourd, so it is named gourd head. This is where the gourd head comes from.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="4" > 35 years ago, a bowl of gourd heads was drawn up in the Big Wild Goose Pagoda Square</h1>
In Xi'an, as a famous Han snack, many dining enthusiasts will try it, but only a few can really survive. In 1986, in the South Square of the Big Wild Goose Pagoda, a South House Gourd Head quietly opened (because the store is facing south, it is called South House). The owner is a traditional Chinese medicine pharmacist, I don't know if it is the magic weapon of Grandmaster Sun Simiao, anyway, as soon as the door is opened, it is very hot, and the nearby old Xi'an is flocking to it. In more than ten years of operation, The South House Gourd Head has also witnessed the development of the city, affected by the continuous reconstruction of the Big Wild Goose Pagoda Square, the South House Gourd Head has been relocated to the North Square, The Lighting City, West Shadow Road, etc., has been around the Big Wild Goose Pagoda, reluctant to leave. Later, it was even interrupted for a while.
However, in recent years, with the development of tourism in Xi'an, the city's food business card has shined, and as a witness to the city's vigorous development for 35 years, Nanwu Hulutou has also been dressed up and renamed Nanwu Juxianglou Hulutou, taking root on Torch Road not far from the Xianning Road subway station. On Friday night, Yuan Xiaocat got off the subway on Xianning Road after work, rode a bicycle, and arrived at JuxiangLou in 3 minutes.
There are many schools around Torch Road, and it is very lively in the evening. Juxianglou storefront is less than that, there are about 12 jujube red wooden tables on the first floor, and there are private rooms on the second floor, which is more than enough as a snack restaurant. An old man in the shop with his grandson who has just finished school is eating gourd head, Yuan Kitten has now realized the freedom of steamed buns, so after a little thought, he wants a 25 yuan high-quality steamed bun (ordinary 20 yuan), a plate of warm mixed fat sausages, is also enough to eat it!
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="6" what does a bowl of high-quality gourd heads look like >? </h1>
Yuan Xiaocat is caused by occupational disease, likes to idle with the clerk boss, etc., and the social university is not like this! Knowledge is also growing in conversation. It is understood that the production of gourd head to use fresh intestines, belly, after pounding, pinching, scraping, turning, picking, drifting, boiling, drying and other processing procedures, completely cleaned, remove greasy and fishy taste, so that the intestines are white and bright, and then boiled, cooked out of the pot to cool, cut into a ramp knife shape for backup.
The gourd head ingredient is a must, but the more important thing is the soup. First wash the fresh pork bones into the pot and simmer, skim off the foam, then add the whole chicken to taste, then add other ingredients, continue to simmer over low heat, until the soup is thick and white like milk. A good pot of soup takes at least 4 hours to boil.
Gourd head steamed bun is naturally indispensable to steamed buns, dead noodles to support steamed buns, three times five divided by two will be broken (this bun and lamb steamed bun steamed bun is not the same way). After breaking the steamed buns, the chef will take a few slices of cooked intestines, belly, pork and chicken on the steamed buns, arrange them neatly on the buns, with water vermicelli, and repeatedly cook the boiling soup that has been boiling for several hours in the pot five or six times, and then add MSG, garlic sprouts, peppers, coriander, and add soup, which becomes a big meat gourd head.
A bowl of piping hot gourd head on the table, lantern has also been peeled raw garlic, a mouthful of fat intestines, a mouthful of garlic, belly, intestines rotten, fat and tender and delicious, soup oil and not greasy, delicious and fragrant bowl on a good gourd head, is this flavor!
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